Show Historical Tale Recounts Events in War of 1812 Ha Hawthorne I Classic Newly Discovered Discovered Dis Dis- covered Holds Ger General ral J Interest T The e Tarn of a Yankee Privateer edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne Is Iso o of fascinating Interest and great historical Importance and is the re- re sutI of oC a strange Incident Seven years ears ago among some old papers of Nathaniel Hawthorne an unsigned unsigned unsigned un un- un- un signed manuscript was found Tellow Yellow Tel Tel- low with age It told It-told told of the ad adventures adventures adventures ad- ad ventures a and d privations of Its Hs Unknown un- un known krown author during the War V r of S SIts Its Ils o origin would have remained ri ii a mystery b but t for the finding seven years years' later of oC two b bound und volumes of a long forgotten magazine for forthe forthe forthe the year yeaV containing a lL seri serl serle's serles of ot papers edited by Hawthorne The Tho similarity of oC expressions exp between the tho magazine series and the unknown un- un known L writers writers' manuscript led Jed to i the discovery that the manuscript manuscript manu manu- script was a part of the printed se series so- so rice ries tIes but which through being mislaid mislaid mis mis- laid laic never got ot into print prins Aside from the fact that It was edited by Nathaniel Hawthorne but rt mentioned In any ot of his worKS this narrative wa wag of such evident e merit that its publication in bO bOut form ferm was assured It throw light upon a great historical historical his hIs- period 1815 1812 heretofore heretofore hereto hereto- fore tOre lacking jacking In Just such material The author vividly describes his adventures adventurE's aboard an American privateer privateer during tho the War ar of ot ISI his subsequent capture and confinement confinement confine confine- ment on on the Island of Barbados and in th the tue ill famed Dartmoor prison and nd gives perhaps the only first hand band account of ot wh what t led up to the e Dartmoor massacre massacre the the killing of American captives Inthis inthis In tn this English prison Reading these thelle puces one learns of the life lite of ot these thes almost forgotten Yankee privateer who fought for the American re republic re- re public in Its Us dangerous da days s The book written in the clean clenn quaint English EngIsh of a century ago aero IS trul truly historical It will vili prove interesting in- in to eer everyone one particularly to lovers hovers of 01 Hawthorne Illustrated ll with authentic scenes of or tho the times time reproductions of old prints etc 0 D. D Appleton Co New ew YO York k |